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heamaybe · 3 years

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December 2020

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman: I like this kind of confusing. This isn’t the first book I’ve read with this kind of almost creepy, a bit disturbing vibe where I can’t be completely sure what’s real. A child main character or a heavy reliance on memories kind of make everything feel a bit unreliable. This one did both. And while I could read this as fully fantasy and think everything was true, I like the idea that everything could have been just exaggerated and seen through the eyes of a kid but mixed in with the fantasy elements.

Hug It Out by Davidson King: I’m not mad at this but honestly it was a bit ridiculous even for me. It took the grumpy and sunshine dynamic to such extreme it didn’t really work anymore. The overall plot could have been interesting enough but the relationship didn’t make sense and that was still the focus of the book.

On His Knees by Laura Kaye: This started so well. There wasn’t any heavy angst from psychological trauma and dark past. Both guys seemed like well adjusted adults. The dom in this bdsm relationship was older and looking to settle down with a permanent partner. The sub was new to the scene and looking for himself and what he had been missing from previous relationships. He was very open to the idea of bdsm and figuring out his bisexuality and I was so happy with how I thought it would play out. Then the book took such a nosedive. It was a short book but it should have been so much longer. The whole second half felt so rushed and made no sense for the characters from the beginning. There was a pointless miscommunication conflict that was easily resolved and honestly shouldn’t have happened at all and then the book just ended. So sad.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy: This is more of a picture book really, not much to read. The art is so pretty and the message is lovely, however I did kind of feel like I was reading inspirational quotes posts from facebook friends, but with prettier art than the stock photos those posts use. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, sometimes one needs some inspiration, I just found it funny.

The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles: I was hesitant to start this book because it has a historical setting and I’m not generally into those, but this surprised me. It didn’t feel historical the way I’m used to. I think that was due to character interactions that felt pretty modern and the fact the focus was mostly on the characters and plot and not the setting, like almost the same story could have been told in modern setting. I liked the characters and the plot was interesting. There maybe were a couple situations where I forgot the setting and got frustrated that they wouldn’t just call for help or something before I remembered they didn’t have phones yet. They didn’t even have cars.

Scenes from Quarantine (A Tarot Sequence novelette) by K.D.Edwards: These were cute, but I was a bit late reading them. They’re written like counting days while in quarantine with the last one being titled Last day. But reading them this late it felt weird when I feel like there hasn’t really been a last day of quarantine. I don’t know when it ended or if it even ever officially ended completely. And my country never even had an official quarantine. Anyway. The scenes were funny and sweet and I was happy to read about the characters I love.

Out of the Blue by Lila Rose: I can’t root for the happiness of trash people. This has a poly relationship but first of all, I can’t tell the main trio apart. They all feel like the same person with different names. I guess I should have differentiated them by one being angry, one broody and one shy, but that’s not really enough and mostly just makes them annoying. Secondly, two of the trio are detectives, but they are also members of a motorcycle club and have helped cover up crimes and also kill a person in this book without any consequences and the third guy is just like oh well the killed guy was a bad person and these cops are hot so that’s ok no problem. I’m sorry WHAT. I hate reading about asshole crooked cops. I don’t mean morally grey characters or even villains, but there needs to be some redeeming qualities or character growth or consequences that drive a plot. Most these guys got was coming out with the relationship. Thirdly, the plot was stupid and pointless, I think it was supposed to make the guys look better but honestly I would have preferred better written characters and less plot in this case.

Merry Measure by Lily Morton: Very sweet Christmas romance. I found this cute but I need a bit more from a book. I also didn’t really get along with the main character, he was a bit too catastrophically clumsy and awkward and it started to get on my nerves. I liked the love interest, he was more my style in personality. I do want to go to Amsterdam when we get over this pandemic eventually. I don’t know if the depiction in this book was accurate at all, but I had already wanted to go so this just strengthened that wish.

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vondehnvisuals · 5 years

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Good evening every One, and welcome to the Tuesday ‘Tell A Vision’ Edition of The Good News Journal, I am Great-Full to have You here with Me.

Today I Will be tall King about a ‘new’ Netflix series that was ‘recommended’ for Me by Netflix as a 98% probability ‘match’. I checked out the brief intro which is tall King about a ‘secret’ group of individuals known as ‘The Family’ who are alleged to be controlling the world from behind the scenes. I put the Word secret in parenthesis because if it’s a series on Netflix, it’s really not that secret, is it?

I was very intrigued. Partially because I have been thing King about a new Show for the Tuesday Edition, but mostly because it was a 98% match. The odd thing about that, is that I’m not sure why it would be a 98% match. Lately, I’ve been watching ‘Marco Polo’, before that I watched the series ‘OA’, and before that I was watching ‘Sense8’ (though lost interest at the beginning of season two, but I may give it another try at some point). The point is, I really don’t watch programs like this on Netflix; Netflix is for when I Wish to Give My brain a break and enjoy something purely for entertainment purposes.

The other intriguing thing about the recommendation was the timing. I mentioned yesterday that I’ve been thing King about all kinds of alternative Ways to resolve My outstanding Issues with both the Salvation Army and the government of Canada without having to file any more law suits. If I could have My Wish, I would remain virtually anonymous with the exception of My Blog. I Wish I could spend My time Writing about potential solutions for the world’s problems that already do exist, and Trust that those responsible for making them happen would get things done. That’s really My dream. The more I’m compelled to drag dis-Honourable individuals into Court, the more attention I am drawing to My Self in My Microcosm, and that’s really not something I Wish for.

Returning to the topic at Hand, I decided I would check out the first episode of ‘The Family’, just to see what it was all about. Almost immediately, there were Signs that drew Me in. Soon I was Inspired to take Notes, knowing this would be My next ‘Tell A Vision’ Interpret-A-Sean. You Will notice the first quote mentioned in the series is 137, and for Me, the number 37 is always a Sign from the Universe to ‘Pay Attention’. Even more interesting, is the quotation itself, especially with respect to My de-Coding of ‘Babalon’.

“Oh daughter of Babalon who are to be destroyed, happy shall he be that taketh the little ones and dasheth them against the stones.”

Lust: The Central Quest-Ion of the Matter

TRUMPS XI – Lust Queen of Disks, Princess of Disks

The Tower; The Magus, Fortune.

Queen of Swords; 4 of Cups – Luxury, 10 Swords – Ruin

Prince of Disks; Prince of Wands, 2 of Cups, Love

I simply could not ignore the mention of Babylon, especially considering how much time I have spent tall King about it here, and what that represents in Man’s fiction of Law. Babylon represents the ‘Citizen Ship’, Sailing (for Sail) the [Holy] See of Commercial Admiralty Water. If We look at the sequence of the Cards, knowing that The Tower and the two Cards on either side represent the ‘Natural’ progression of the central Idea, even the Tarot is telling Us that the Tower of Babylon is about to fall. This is precisely what I was referring to yesterday when I suggested that The Tower represents a much Grander Idea than the Salvation Army, but because the Microcosm reflects the Macrocosm in all things, the Salvation Army is the ‘Seven Nation Army’ Standing in My Way (Presently), and may have some relation-Ship as to how long Man can expect to wait for the fall of Babylon in Man’s Macrocosm… Just an Idea, timing is one of the Elements of the Tarot I have never been Good at.

There were a couple of other Ideas that stood out for Me right away. The Family is a group of individuals ‘bonding in Christ’. That is the best Way I know to summarize the central Ideology of the group. When the undercover reporter gets into one of the fraternity houses, he is told that they ‘appreciate’ and read from the Bible, but they don’t Give it too much credence and don’t call themselves Christian because they feel the central Ideas upon which the Bible was founded are misunderstood and incorrect. Well, that just happens to be how I feel about modern religion, too. Nothing worse than sitting in a chapel and listening to a man recite Biblical Versus with little to no understanding of their True meaning and zero experiential knowledge of God; yet that’s what most of modern religion is, the blind leading the blind.

Then they showed a cover of a Bible with an Image of a butterfly on the front. Perhaps obviously, the butterfly represents Transformation. The journalist was also encouraged to ignore all sections of the Bible ‘except the apostles’, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN. That got My attention because that is what My Friend had said to Me, too – the very same Friend who Gifted Me with the NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES I cited yesterday. When a Man tells Me something he feels he was instructed by God to tell Me, I Heed those Words as if they were spoken by God (because Man is God’s instrument of expression). So GENESIS and MATTEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN, also happen to be the only sections of the Bible I have read in their entirety.

The other thing I have said to People who call themselves Christian or are interested in Christian teaching, is that the only thing One really needs to pay attention to is the example of Christ. ‘The Family’ has Created their own book that exclusively deals with the teachings of Christ, it is simply called ‘Jesus’. It is the only book they are to reference for guidance.

I Wish to cover all of the Notes/Quotes from My first Page before Signing off, though I Will likely do at least two more Interpret-A-Sean’s before continuing with the second of the Matrix trilogy (which Will soon be a quad-ology, as a fourth film has been confirmed with original Stars Carrie Ann-Moss and Keanu Reeves, and Lana Wachowski directing).

“They can’t handle the Truth.”

This is a line I Wished to speak about because I have suggested that this was the reason Jesus had to ‘die’ on the Cross. In ‘The Family’ they support this Idea by suggesting that only the disciples of Christ were ready for His teaching, the rest of the world was not ready and could not handle it. We simply had not evolved enough Spiritually as a collective for Christ to fully Establish God’s Kingdom at that Time. The ‘Second Coming’, when Christ is prophesied to accomplish Peace, represents a Spiritual evolution among the collective, a time when the world Will be ready to receive the teachings of Christ. That time is Now (or very near).

One of their other fundamental beliefs is that God chooses People for leadership.

“King David was chosen – the future King is Coming”

The other reason I decided to focus on ‘The Family’ for My ‘Interpret-A-Sean’, is because I have a very, very, strong belief that the People who are actually running this world, are Good People. I believe they genuinely know the Truth of God and Mimic that Entity in Man’s Macrocosm, Acting as the ‘Wizard behind the curtain’. There are even references to this Idea made in the series. And I should probably also clarify that I am not suggesting ‘The Family’ is that group of individuals, though I believe those individuals are responsible for bringing ‘The Family’ together and choosing its representatives.

“No One knows the Son except the Father, and no One knows the Father except the Son, and those whom the Son chooses to reveal Him Self.”

I am going to leave You with another quote from the Bible presented in the docuseries (though it is from GENESIS, which ‘The Family’ deems less important than the Four-mentioned apostles). It relates to Babylon, which was the Central Focus of My last Tarot read, so I don’t believe the quote to be a coincidence, as it speaks specifically to the destruction of Man’s Language. (From the New Earth Translation of the Holy Scriptures).

Jehovah then said; “Look! They are One People with One Language, and this is what they have started to do. Now there is nothing that they may have in Mind to do that Will be impossible for them. Come! Let us come down there and confuse their Language in Order that they may not understand One another’s Language.” So Jehovah scattered them from there over the entire face of the Earth, and they eventually left off building the city.”

Rather interesting, no? Why would God Wish to smite a People who had become like God? Are God and the LORD the same thing? (Jehovah is said to represent God by Way of Hebrew translation and in accordance with the proper Sound of God’s name by Way of the Tetragrammaton (הוה).

Finally, I Will leave You with ‘The Family’s Central Vision.

God-Led Leadership

The series does seem to Wish to paint a sinister picture of ‘The Family’, and I Will be tall King more about that in the next edition, but this is the Good News Journal, and the series very much supports My belief that God is the only real authority governing this Earth, and that’s a Good thing!

Love and Blessings,

Volume LXXVIII: The Tuesday Tell A Vision Edition; My Interpret-A-Sean of ‘The Family’ Good evening every One, and welcome to the Tuesday 'Tell A Vision' Edition of The Good News Journal, I am Great-Full to have You here with Me.

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lorrainecparker · 7 years

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Opening titles: commercials that sell a series

The art of the opening title sequence is flourishing like never before. The best ones contain clues, “Easter eggs,” as to the theme of path of the series. I’ve collected some examples below.

I’m constantly on the lookout for new and interesting TV series. We live in a golden age, where I’d rather stay home and watch ten hours of deeply-plotted long form television than go to a movie theater and watch two hours of made-for-the-masses light entertainment. TV networks are trying to outdo each other in making niche content that new customers can discover over time, and a lot of that niche content appeals to me. It’s smart, it’s complex, and it’s very, very human.

Recently I found myself watching the Starz series The Missing. There are two series of ten episodes each, and I plowed through both of them within a couple of weeks. Each series is told non-sequentially, jumping forward and backward in time, and a lot of the drama comes from seeing how “before” differs to “after” but not knowing how the differences came to be. Over time, though, each of the differences is explained as the mystery slowly unravels.

Initially I thought the opening title sequence was a melange of arbitrary images, but as the series progressed I realized that each image was a clue as to where the story was going.

Beyond that… well, before I go any further, you should watch some footage. Here’s the series two trailer:

Both series are about child abductions, and combine family drama (how families function after such a loss) with a complex mystery that has many intertwining threads.

Here’s the series two opening title sequence:

Not only is each image a clue to what happens later in the series, but most are displayed as visual memories held by the abducted child. They capture hints of the emotional highs and lows of someone torn from their family environment and thrust into a new dynamic that, for them, becomes completely normal. The style in which this sequence is shot is not at all like that of the series itself, but it’s completely appropriate to set the stage for what’s to come. And, if you watch carefully, you’ll see some elements from the trailer that are presented in the title sequence, but from a child’s point of view.

As the threads of the mystery come together the opening titles become more and more satisfying to watch.

(The Missing is available on Amazon Prime Video.)

Another series I’ve written about lately is Patriot. This Amazon Prime original series is one of my favorite shows of all time. It’s very dark, very funny, very emotional, and very complex, with some action tossed in for good measure. It took me a few episodes to figure it out, but the title sequence takes on new meaning once one gets the gist of the series:

Patriot is ultimately a story about family. Dad works in a very shady position within the U.S. intelligence community, taking on jobs that need doing but require official deniability. One son, who isn’t quite as worldly as his brother and, while lovable, is a bit goofy and naive, is a U.S. congressman. The other son, the one with a wild side, has been groomed to be a deniable asset: he gets his hands dirty, often with blood. Both effectively work for their father, but out of family obligation rather than official obligation.

Maybe I’m reading more into this than I should, but as the series went on I got the feeling that the title sequence was about the father grooming his sons to become what they became, especially the wilder of the two. This makes perfect sense, as—by the end of the series—it’s clear that dad is using this son without much concern for his health or safety, although he has complete confidence in his skills.

Best of all, the actual “Patriot” title card changes to reflect some aspect of the upcoming episode. I love touches like that: they assume that the audience is bright enough to catch on, and will get some additional satisfaction out of connecting the dots that fall beyond the most obvious dots.

Here’s another opening title sequence, from one of my favorite series, that sums up the subject matter very well:

The show is officially about a traveling carnival during the Great Depression, where the supernatural is simply a part of everyday life and everyone seems to have a destiny to fulfill, for good or evil. There were certain elements that felt familiar, though, and it became clear when reading a retrospective of the series where the executive producer/creator said that it was the Book of Revelations played out in the 1930s Dust Bowl.

What a crazy and original premise for a series, but it worked amazingly well. It’s one of the creepiest series around, with great performances by all concerned, and rich, deeply emotional story lines. Unfortunately it only lasted for two years out of a planned five, as the production costs were quite high and it never really found an audience. (It was truly ahead of its time, as it was riding the transition between factory television and the new wave of niche television.) HBO agreed to renew the series in return for budget cuts, but the show had an ensemble cast and there was no one to cut.

This sequence clearly sets the stage for a series about destiny (the tarot cards) and the battle between good and evil, as shown through various stock footage clips that demonstrate that this battle isn’t as abstract as we might like. Best of all, the camera leads us to each clip by traveling through an appropriate tarot card.

Continuing the theme of HBO creating great series with amazing title sequences, one of my favorites is from The Leftovers. This series, which examines the social, political and spiritual repercussions of an event in which 2% of the world’s population disappears without a trace or explanation, is really about loss, and the idea that anyone could lose anyone at any time. It’s also about the risks of falling in love, knowing that what happened before could always happen again.

The series one opener had a somewhat religious and mythological slant, but the series two opener was simple, brilliant and summed up the theme of the series perfectly:

I don’t know who thought about snipping people out of photos, but it’s both insidious and brilliant all at the same time. It’s a great metaphor for the series, which is not an upper by any stretch of the imagination but is one of the best dramas I’ve ever seen on television.

Lastly, a bit of fun. The BBC series Neverwhere doesn’t hold up terribly well after 20 years, and even at the time it was clear it didn’t have a terribly big budget, but the opening titles hold the distinction of being scored by Brian Eno. The sequence doesn’t reveal much about the series other than to see the stage for high weirdness, as it is about a magical London that exists underneath and adjacent to modern London, that the modern residents can’t (or don’t want to) see. (It was inspired when the author, Neil Gaiman, noticed that people ignored the city’s homeless population as if they were invisible.)

Every title sequence is effectively a commercial for the content that follows, and the best of them present us with riddles to solve, or reveal underlying themes that we only become aware of as the stories progress. I find that astoundingly satisfying, and I encourage the better series to keep up the great work and the others to step up their game.

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